Books – Literature

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  Icelandic Heritage in North America

  Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir (Editor), Höskuldur Thráinsson (Editor), Úlfar Bragason (Editor)

  An in-depth examination of Icelandic immigrant identity, linguistic evolution, and legacy.

  Published April 2023 | Icelandic Studies, Immigration, Letters & Correspondence, Linguistics, Literature

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  Legends of the Capilano

  E. Pauline Johnson (Author), Joe Capilano (Author), Mary Agnes Capilano (Author), Alix Shield (Editor)

  Bringing the legends home with this update on E. Pauline Johnson’s 1911 classic.

  Published April 2023 | First Voices, First Texts, Biography, Indigenous Studies, Literature, Oral History & Storytelling

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  Injichaag: My Soul in Story

  Anishinaabe Poetics in Art and Words

  Rene Meshake (Author), Kim Anderson (Editor)

  A memoir rooted in Anishinaabek lifeways.

  Published October 2019 | Art & Architecture, Autobiography & Memoir, Indigenous Studies, Literature, Oral History & Storytelling

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  Honouring the Strength of Indian Women

  Plays, Stories, Poetry

  Vera Manuel (Author), Michelle Coupal (Editor), Deanna Reder (Editor), Joanne Arnott (Editor), Emalene A. Manuel (Editor)

  Manuel’s work was prescient and powerful.

  Published May 2019 | First Voices, First Texts, Indigenous Studies, Literature, Performing Arts

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  Sovereign Traces

  Not (Just) (An)Other

  Gordon Henry Jr (Editor), Elizabeth LaPensée (Editor)

  A unique collection of graphically reimagined fiction and poetry.

  Published June 2018 | Art & Architecture, Indigenous Studies, Literature

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  Life Among the Qallunaat

  Mini Aodla Freeman (Author), Keavy Martin (Editor), Julie Rak (Editor)

  An Inuit woman’s movement between worlds and ways of understanding.

  Published March 2015 | First Voices, First Texts, Autobiography & Memoir, History, Indigenous Studies, Inuit Studies, Literature

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  Indians Don’t Cry

  Gaawiin Mawisiiwag Anishinaabeg

  George Kenny (Author), Renate Eigenbrod (Editor), Patricia M. Ningewance (Translator)

  An important piece of Indigenous literature republished with a new Anishinaabe translation by Patricia M. Ningewance.

  Published October 2014 | First Voices, First Texts, Indigenous Studies, Literature

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  Sanaaq

  An Inuit Novel

  Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk (Author), Bernard Saladin d’Anglure (Translator)

  The first Inuit novel ever written, Sanaaq is a captivating tale of life and death on the edge of the ice.

  Published January 2014 | Contemporary Studies on the North, Indigenous Studies, Inuit Studies, Literature

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  Centering Anishinaabeg Studies

  Understanding the World Through Stories

  Jill Doerfler (Editor), Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark (Editor), Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair (Editor)

  A foundational text for understanding the field of Aboriginal Studies.

  Published March 2013 | History, Indigenous Studies, Literary Criticism, Literature, Oral History & Storytelling

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  Arapaho Historical Traditions

  Hinono’einoo3itoono

  Paul Moss (Author), Andrew Cowell (Translator), Alonzo Moss Sr. (Translator)

  Told by Paul Moss (1911-1995), a highly respected storyteller and ceremonial leader, these twelve texts introduce us to an immensely rich literature. As works of an oral tradition, they had until now remained beyond the reach of those who do not speak the Arapaho language.

  Published August 2005 | Publications of the Algonquian Text Society, History, Indigenous Studies, Linguistics, Literature, Oral History & Storytelling, Translation